The veA gene of the pine needle pathogen Dothistroma septosporum regulates sporulation and secondary metabolism

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Chettri, Pranav ^a   Calvo, Ana M ^b   Cary, Jeffrey W ^c   Dhingra, Sourabh ^b   Guo, Yanan ^a   McDougal, Rebecca L ^a,d   Bradshaw, Rosie E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dothideomycete; Dothistroma; Regulation; Secondary metabolism; Sporulation; Velvet gene

Indexed keywords

DOTHISTROMIN; MYCOTOXIN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOTHISTROMA SEPTOSPORUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PINE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STUA GENE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VEA GENE;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ASCOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SPORES;

ASPERGILLUS; DOTHISTROMA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84862808882     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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